sap|pan|wood

sap|pan|wood
sap|pan|wood «suh PAN WUD», noun.
1. a wood yielding a red dye, obtained from an East Indian tree of the pea family.
2. the tree itself. Also, sapanwood.
[half-translation of Dutch sapanhout; sapan < Malay sapa]

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